Democrat Reveals Plan for Trump While He Delivers Israel Speech

Democrat Rep. Al Green plans to introduce articles of impeachment Wednesday afternoon against President Donald Trump. According to a memo he wrote to his colleagues in the lower chamber, his resolution will force fellow representatives to vote on the articles.

During a speech on the House floor Wednesday morning, Green referenced famed author Robert Frost, saying that shortly after noon, he is going to take “the road less traveled.”

“Mr. Speaker, after 12 noon today, I will present articles of impeachment, and there are many who want to know what’s next, what will happen after there is a vote,” he said, before admitting that he does not yet have a response to those queries.

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“I will satiate those concerns after the vote. But I will take the road less traveled, and I believe that it will make all the difference,” he added.

According to the U.K. Daily Mail, the measure will be taken up around the same time Trump is set to deliver a speech announcing the U.S. Embassy in Israel’s move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

In his memo to colleagues, dated Tuesday, Green explained his plan in further detail.

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“Tomorrow, I will bring a privileged resolution to impeach President Donald J. Trump to the floor of the United States House of Representatives for a vote,” the memo read. “As a privileged resolution, this vote will occur once the impeachment resolution is read twice on the floor.”

“As I have said before, this is not about Democrats, it is about democracy. It is not about Republicans, it is about the fate of our Republic. May everyone vote their conscience knowing that history will judge us all.”

Green’s move is mainly symbolic, as it is very unlikely that the House, which is controlled by Republicans, will actually pass the articles of impeachment. According to Newsweek, the vote will probably be a procedural one.

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Green’s effort can be thwarted by a tabling motion, the Daily Mail reported.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, has no intention of changing her current position, which does not support impeachment. Instead, she wants the investigation into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election to continue, according to The Washington Post.

In another letter he wrote to his fellow congressmen, Green said Trump’s “high misdemeanor” is that he is a “bigot in the White House who incites hatred and hostility.” Still, he admitted that impeachment would only be a “political remedy, not a judicial remedy.”

“For too long, we have allowed our civility to prevent us from confronting the invidious incivility of President Donald J. Trump,” he wrote.

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“In doing this, hatred disguised as acceptable political correctness has festered in our body politic and polluted our discourse to our detriment. It divides and damages the social fabric of our country in ways that obstruction of justice cannot. It causes unparalleled destruction to our society in the long- and short-term that will not easily heal.”

Green previously introduced articles of impeachment against Trump in October.